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Here's our fully constructed yurt in all it's glory. Ta dah ... !!Now it's time to prepare it so we can move in!Here's Marilyn staining the front doors ...The builders were kept busy this week building the stairs up to our back door ... and putting up the internal walls ...It is super exciting to start moving in some of our furniture and appliances. Read More...

Our garden and orchards are abounding in beauty, growth and activity. They are such fun places to be! Thanks to our permaculture gardener Paige Dunlap for all her sweet nurturing of our soil, plants and flowers. Read More...

For the past few weeks Marisa Negri has been volunteering every Wednesday at The Cedars Ranch, helping our gardener Paige Dunlap. This week we go behind-the-scenes with Marisa! Here she is pruning some flowers in our garden …We met Marisa one evening when Bill and I were out for dinner. Read More...

Sunday was a big and busy Bridal Extravaganza day for us! We exhibited The Cedars Ranch at the San Antonio Bridal Extravaganza. This was our first time exhibiting at the San Antonio show, having exhibited twice previously at the Austin Bridal Extravaganza. Read More...

What a wonderful day we had on Saturday, being one of the featured gardens on The Wimberley Garden Club's annual Garden Tour!We had a steady stream of visitors all day. In the words of our friend Paige Dunlap, who’s our gardener here at The Cedars: “I felt that many people were very inspired and lit up when they entered the garden. Even though we are very new on the scene, I felt well received by the community.” Here’s some Wimberley Garden Tour visitors enjoying our garden …Thanks to ... Read More...

This week we're excited to announce that The Cedars Ranch will be featured in this Saturday's Wimberley Garden Tour! Presented by the Wimberley Garden Club, and joined by the Wimberley Valley Art League, The Cedars Ranch will be one of 7 “unique gardens” visited by participants on the annual tour of gardens in the Wimberley area.Come join us for a wonderful day! For more information visit the Wimberley Garden Club website: www.wimberleygardenclub.org Let’s have a quick BEFORE and AFTER glim... Read More...

This week, we are all about preparing for our upcoming Open House!! The countdown is on to Sunday February 19th! This will be the first event held at The Cedars Ranch, and we’re really excited to be offering this “sneak peek” of our future wedding venue to the public!Of course, we would LOVE to see you all there! Read More...

This week we share some photos from our local architect Jamie Crawley, HA Architecture. He paid us a visit at The Cedars to check out progress with the maintenance shed and garden."It's a great day for a Texas Hill Country excursion and project site visit. The Cedars Ranch is a 20 acre green wedding venue we are fortunate to be a part of with our collaborators Acre Architects of New Brunswick. Read More...

It's been another busy construction week at The Cedars Ranch. Let's go on a tour and show you our latest updates!GardenOur first stop is the garden. Our stonemasons are making a lot of progress with our stone pathways and raised garden beds. Read More...

This week was an exciting week for us! We spent some time drawing, dreaming and browsing with our own kitchen in mind. As you can see in the photo below, our current kitchen is not very big! Read More...

Since returning from our Summer vacation, we’ve been thinking more about our garden, and making some plans to overhaul our present garden space. Paige is now working with us regularly, identifying native plants and doing some general gardening genius work!This week we all visited a couple of places for inspiration and education … both for our future visions for the garden, and for our land overall.As part of our inspiration and learning tour, Paige suggested we visit The Whole Life ... Read More...

This week we thought we would share a little about how The Cedars Ranch is “going green”. Environmental responsibility and sustainability are central values for us, in the development and operation of The Cedars. Being eco-conscious, climate responsible, and simply just "smart" in how we use natural resources, feels good to us, is good for the planet and is good business sense too. GREEN BUILDING DESIGNWanting both incredibly beautiful and sustainable design, we h... Read More...

Well, this week has been emotional, to say the least! Walking through the schematics with Acre was incredibly exciting! We have to keep you in suspense, of course, but suffice it to say that this is going to be amazing!!! Read More...